San Bernardino County hosts the military's most cherished clubhouse, Ft. Irwin, and several other bases, active and closed. The county population is rich in military denizens, their derelicts, offspring, misfits and buffs. With the consequent prevalence of the classic sociopathy found in these people, predation, exploitation, corruption and virtual tyranny have spread throughout our courts, law enforcement and government. Discuss the disgraceful prison and military industrial complexes here.

2008-12-07

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Two Fort Campbell soldiers will be arraigned next week on charges of premeditated murder in the shooting death of an Iraqi detainee.

Base officials said Friday that Staff Sgt. Hal M. Warner, of Braggs, Okla., and 1st Lt. Michael C. Behenna, of Edmond, Okla., will appear Monday before a military judge at the base on the Tennessee-Kentucky state line.

The two 101st Airborne soldiers are charged with premeditated murder, assault, making a false statement and obstruction of justice in the May death of Ali Mansour Mohammed. Warner faces an additional charge of accessory after the fact.

During a September hearing in Iraq, military prosecutors accused Behenna of stripping the detainee naked, shooting him in the head and chest and watching as Warner set fire to the body with a grenade. He also allegedly tried to cover up the killing.